get by on a shoestring

get by on a shoestring

To live within a very tight or limited financial budget. We were getting by on a shoestring for a while after our baby was born, but our situation improved a bit after I got a promotion in work. I'd love to come out to dinner with you, but I'm kind of getting by on shoestring at the moment. I had to learn to get by on a shoestring when I backpacked across Europe as a broke college student.

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